BILL NUMBER: ACR 11	CHAPTERED  05/03/99

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   23
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   MAY 3, 1999
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   APRIL 29, 1999
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 5, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 5, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Papan
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Aanestad, Ackerman, Alquist,
Ashburn, Baldwin, Bates, Battin, Baugh, Brewer, Briggs, Cardenas,
Cardoza, Cedillo, Corbett, Correa, Cox, Cunneen, Dickerson, Ducheny,
Dutra, Firebaugh, Florez, Frusetta, Granlund, Havice, Hertzberg,
House, Jackson, Kaloogian, Keeley, Kuehl, Leach, Lempert, Leonard,
Lowenthal, Maddox, Maldonado, Margett, Mazzoni, McClintock, Migden,
Nakano, Olberg, Oller, Robert Pacheco, Rod Pacheco, Pescetti, Reyes,
Romero, Runner, Scott, Shelley, Soto, Steinberg, Strickland,
Strom-Martin, Thompson, Thomson, Torlakson, Villaraigosa, Vincent,
Washington, Wayne, Wesson, Wiggins, Wildman, and Zettel)

                        FEBRUARY 11, 1999

   Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 11--Relative to American Flag
Month.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 11, Papan.  American Flag Month.
   This measure would declare that the 30 days from June 14 to July
14, inclusive, shall be observed annually as American Flag Month in
the State of California.




   WHEREAS, For more than two centuries, the American flag has been a
banner of hope for generation after generation of Americans; and
   WHEREAS, The flag is the symbol of a country that has grown from
13 colonies to a united nation of 50 sovereign states; and
   WHEREAS, The first flag of the United States was authorized by
Congressional Resolution on June 14, 1877, and in 1949, the United
States Congress officially designated June 14th of each year as
National Flag Day, to be observed by the display of the flag and
appropriate ceremonies; and
   WHEREAS, The Pledge of Allegiance to the flag was first used in
1892, was made official by the United States Congress in 1945, and
through the years has been recited to reaffirm our love and loyalty
to our flag and country and to the ideals that have made America a
great nation; and
   WHEREAS, The Legislature of the State of California recognizes and
appreciates the symbolism represented when our flag is proudly
displayed and celebrated; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California
hereby declares that the 30 days from June 14 to July 14, inclusive,
shall be observed annually as American Flag Month in the State of
California; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the Governor.
